One of Sergey’s favorite artists was the French Jean Grandville (1803-1847). His illustrated collection of satirical short stories ‘Vie privée et publique des animaux’ (‘Private and Public Life of Animals’) from the parents’ library in many respects influenced Eisenstein’s childhood drawings. The father’s house in Riga, with all its collections and library, was ravaged during the years of the Revolution and the Civil War. In 1934, Sergey Mikhailovich purchased from “Private and Public Life of Animals” in the 1867 edition from a second-hand bookstore — in memory of the lost volume from his childhood.’